AGARTALA, Jan 7 (TIWN): A massive rally in support of 2 days long strike was organized by opposition CPI-M. The strike is scheduled to held on January 8 and January 9. In Tripura a massive strike observation is expected, whereas BJP Govt has opposed the strike.CPI-M raised slogan, "From tomorrow no shop will be opened".

Centering the two days long strike in Tripura, along with the nation the vehicle service likely to be hit for two days, but Govt employees are tensed as strict action has been warned against them if they skip office on that day.

However, auto, vehicle service crisis would be created as the working class is heavily angry over the Govt both at Centre and State.  

The two-day strike on January 8 and 9 has been called by the central trade unions against the alleged repressive policies for workers adopted by the government. Farmers across the country under the aegis of the Left peasant wings would join the nationwide strike. Here is all you need to know:

* Tapan Sen, general secretary of CITU, said that the public sector employees, unorganised sector workers, port and dock workers, bank and insurance employees are going to observe the nationwide protest against growing economic crisis, price rise and acute unemployment on the call of central trade unions and mass organisations.

* The CITU denounced the unilateral move of the government of India to amend the Trade Union Act 1926 in the name of bringing about "so-called transparency" and avoiding "duplicacy" as noted in the press briefing by the union cabinet. Sen alleged that the proposed Trade Union (Amendment) Bill 2018 as cleared by the Cabinet is designed to impose conditions of slavery on the working people and totally abrogate trade union rights.

* CITU, critical of the Modi government's policy of 'Make in India', alleged that the government has been killing the work culture of the country's public sectors by favouring major contracts of manufacturing works to private players. "In Rafale deal, there was no transfer of technology. State owned HAL was kept away from the entire deal. This government will do similar practice when it will sign another two mega defence deals for F-16 fighter aircraft with Lockheed Martin Corporation of US and purchase of Naval frigates from Russia," said Sen.

* This is the 18th nationwide general strike against the alleged anti-worker policies. CITU said the main aim of their 12-point charter of demands is to revive the country's economy, save the rights of working class.

* Ten trade unions who have jointly called for the nationwide general strike are INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, AICCTU, UTUC, TUCC, LPF and SEWA. The trade unions have support of almost all major independent federations of central employees, state employees and the employees of banks, insurance, telecom, and other service sectors representing the workers and employees of all the industries and services including transport services, both in organised and unorganised sectors.

* Farmers will join road jam, demonstration, protest meetings throughout the country and register their disenchantment with the government and its policies.

* Banking services are likely to be affected on January 8-9 as a section of PSU bank employees would go on a two-day strike. The All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India has informed the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) of the two-day nationwide strike on January 8-9, 2019, IDBI Bank said in a filing to the BSE.

* The National Federation of Atomic Energy Employees (NFAEE) and its affiliate unions have also threatened to go on a two-day strike. NFAEE, along with its affiliated unions, including Atomic Energy Workers' And Staff Union, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, NFC Industrial Workers Union, JAC Kalpakkam affiliated AITUC and CITU, has called a nationwide strike demanding scrapping of new pension scheme and restoring the old one.